Plane.



110.796.001. y yPATENTED AUG.1,1905. J. H. MoGHA/N.

PLANE. I `APIIJIOATION FILED AUG. 1 7. 1904.

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NTTED sTATEs JOHN H. MCGHAN, or BAKER OITY, OREGON.

PATENT OEEIOE. g

PLANE.

' To all 1jr/77,0111, it may concern.-

- gon, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Planes; and I do hereby declare the following to be a- .full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This inventionv relates to planes, and more particularly to rabbeting-planes, and has for its object to provide a device of this nature which will be cheap of manufacture and simple of construction and which will be so arranged that the handle` may be shifted laterally to bring it in such position that the hand of the operator will not come into contact with the edge of the rabbet'as it is being cut.

A further object is to provide a construction in which the shavings will be split longitudinally, thus preventing clogging of the plane.

Other objects and advantages willv be apparent from the following description, and it will be understood that modiications of the specific construction shown may be made and any suitable -materials may be used without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the. drawings `forming a portion of this specification, and in which like numerals .of reference indicate sim'ilar parts in the 4several views, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a rabbeting-plane embodying the present invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a top plan view. Fig. 4 is a bottom plan view.

Referring now to the drawings, there is shown a rabbeting-plane 5, including the shoe 6 and side plates 7 Formed transversely through the shoe is the usual bit-slot 8, through which projects the bit 9, and communicating y with the s lot 8 is a forwardly-extending longitudinal slot 10, in which is disposed the lower sharpened end 11 of a supplemental bit 12, having a threaded stem with which is engaged a circular thumb-'nut 13, one edge of which is disposed in a slot11 in the front solid portion"15 of the plane, the bit 12 and the remainderv of the nut lying within the recess 16, which communicates with the bitslot 8. The nut 13 may thus'be operated by the linger to causev the sharpened end l1 of the bit to project throughl the slot 10 to a greater or less degree.

Formed in the shoe 6 rearwardly of the bit Specification of Letters Patent. f Application filed August 17, 1904. Serial No. 221,138;

Patented Aug. 1, 1905'.

y9 is a threaded recess 17, and disposed upon the upper face of the shoe is a handle 18, having a forwardly-projecting perforated nose 19 lying with'its perforation in alinement with the recess 17 for the reception of a machine-screw 20, which may be loosened in the recess to permitof pivotal movement of the handle thereupon or tightened to hold the handle at any point of its pivotal movement. lIt will thus be apparent that the handle 18 may he swung laterally in either direction to suit theconditions under which the plane is being used and that the bit 12 when the plane is in use will split the shavings as mentioned above to prevent clogging of the plane. It will of course be understood that the bit 12 isl adjusted to suit the position of the bit 9.

The plane, as will be readily apparent, may

be manufactured at an extremely low cost 1n g view of the fact that the parts are few in number and may be produced with a minimum of labor. The body portion of the plane, which includes the shoe 6 and side plates 7, maybe cast integrally, and the several slots and recesses afterward formed therein. The bit 12 may be formed of bar -metal flattened and sharpened at one end, asl shown. The handle 18 consists of a metallic base portion 21, having 'the nose 19 formed thereon and having a recess 22 in its upper face which receives the lower end of the wooden grip 23, this grip being held in'position by means of a screw 24, passing through a longitudinal perforation therein and engaged in a threaded perforation 25 inthe/baseV portion.

' By reason of the fact that the slot4 11 communicates with the slot 8 the shaving is scored practically at the same time that it is cut, so that the board is not marred beyond the portion planed.

What is claimedis- 1. In a plane the combination with a shoe i said projection having a forwardly-inclined passage therethrough and through the shoe and communicating with the forward edge of the slot centrally thereof, said projection also having a slot in its rearward face extending at right angles to the passage and therebeyond in all directions, a bit connected with the bitsupporting member and projecting through 1 the slot of the shoe, a second bit disposed in the passage of the forwardly-inclined projection and having its upper portion threaded, a thumb-nut disposed in the slot of the projec- JOHN H. MCGHAN. Titnessesz W. E. GRACE, R. R. MYERS. 

